§One of the first black Americans to become an actor §Went to school in NYC near Park Theatre where he saw many plays oInspired him to become an actor oMet James Wallack who took him to England to work backstage §Split from Wallack and got a job at the Coburg Theatre in London §1833: Edmund Kean was forced to retire; Aldridge replaced him as Othello (Turney)
§ Went to school in NYC near Park Theatre where he saw many plays
o Inspired him to become an actor
o Met James Wallack who took him to England to work backstage
§ Split from Wallack and got a job at the Coburg Theatre in London
§ 1833: Edmund Kean was forced to retire; Aldridge replaced him as Othello (Turney)